Obama kills Keystone pipeline, are we saved from global warming?

Obama kills Keystone pipeline, are we saved from global warming?

In trying to explain energy issues in layman’s terms, it is really hard to tackle the Keystone pipeline. It’s hard to explain why a single pipeline, the dull-witted oaf of the infrastructure world, got people so worked up, especially in light of the fact that there are thousands of them under our feet. It won’t […]

What will make solar power go mainstream?

What will make solar power go mainstream?

The last post here was overly critical of solar power to some, so as a tranquilizer here’s another side of the story. It’s not a counterpoint, because there is no counterpoint: solar power in itself has an environmental footprint like everything else. We can’t condone or ignore negative impacts of something because it’s being done […]